Love this new Netflix genre of "Accidental Dad and his Adopted Problem Child join hands to overthrow the government which has been lying to everyone with centuries of propaganda"
little inconsequential details i like about The Sea Beast:
only the royalty speak “proper English”. everybody else, and notably the main characters, speak with accents that are usually considered “poor” /“improper”/ or “stupid”
Maisie’s hair when it gets wet looks like how real natural curls do when they get wet
all the actual ship lingo. like audiences don’t have to understand it to still get the gist!
Jacob’s big nose!!
Maisie getting to have a black woman (Sarah Sharpe) to look up to as a role model
all the gender ambiguous/butch characters populating the world
The scene towards the beginning of the Sea Beast when Jacob gets tentacle smacked into the water, I want to know what was going through his head right before that that his immediate reaction to seeing the tentacle coming towards him was to simply put his hand up in a “stop” gesture. That fucking sent me, it was absolutely hilarious. Does anyone have a gif of that scene yet?
So, I did some digging and The Sea Beast (another diverse and visually stunning movie with similar anti-establishment themes) is the only animated Netflix original to get a sequel so far. The sequel announcement didn't happen until several months after the movie was released and it had to remain in Netflix's Global Weekly Top 10 for a good chunk of that period.
So, Nimona fans.....you people know what to do :))
Edit: There is also ND Stevenson's statement here :))